A couple weeks after he was sentenced, Obak appealed his conviction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Obak argued that his constitutional right to be tried in a state or district where the crime occurred was violated because Guam is not a state or a district, but the Ninth Circuit judges disagreed.

“Obak’s crime occurred in part in the district of Guam and hence venue in Guam was proper,” the Ninth Circuit opinion states.

Packages of meth

The charges against Obak stem from packages mailed from Washington state to two people on Guam in January 2014. One package was mailed to Amos Ueda and another package mailed to Thomas Kautz, both packages combined contained over four pounds of methamphetamine, court documents state.

The packages were intercepted by a U.S. Postal Service inspector and the drugs replaced with a sham product and tracking device, documents state. Obak also arranged with a then-Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency officer, Jayvin Remoket, to alert him if law enforcement intercepted the packages, court doucments state.

Remoket was related to Obak.

Obak later said he intended to get the drugs to distribute to others, the Ninth Circuit opinion states.

Obak is currently serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institute Oakdale II in Louisiana, according to Bureau of Prisons records. He’s expected to be released in March 2028.